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Citation

Baylouny AM. Small Wars Insurg. 2014; 25(2): 329-353.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/09592318.2013.866432

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We know little of the internal governing practices of non-state actors once in control of territory. Some territories have witnessed the establishment of new institutions of public goods remarkably similar to state institutions. This article compares four armed political parties governing territory during the Lebanese civil war. These non-state violent actors established complex political and economic institutions and administrative structures. Despite the wide range of ideologies and identities of these actors, they all converged in their institutional priorities, although not in their capacities or the particular ways of achieving those priorities. Data from interviews and the actions of the armed political parties suggest a combination of ideology and desire for control is causal in generating public institutions, partly attributable to the high degree of citizen activism marking the Lebanese case.

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